Ad Astra Volume 17 Number 2 – Summer 2005
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RETURNING TO FLIGHT
Q and A with Shuttle Commander Eileen Collins and Steven Lindsey
By Tariq Malik - 16
MARS METHANE:
THE MYSTERY OF LIFE?
By Robert Roy Britt - 21
NASA AND THE STATE OF RISK
Introduction by Anthony Duignan-Cabrera - 22
DECONSTRUCTING JIMO
Today the nuclear-powered Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter is on the back burner with the flame turned low.
By Brian Berger - 28
THE MOTHER OF INVENTION
Problems of in-flight maintenance and repair.
By James Oberg - 30
A RENAISSANCE OF RISK-TAKING
Griping abut NASA’s missed opportunities is a favorite topic at conferences.
By James A. Muncy - 32
TAKING SERIOUS CHANCES:
RISKY MISSIONS NASA SHOULD DO
“If we die, we want people to accept it. We’re in a risky business…” Gus Grissom, March 1965
By Dave Brody - 34
NUCLEAR POWER:
NOW MORE THEN EVER, OR NEVER?
By Leonard David - 40
OF RAG-TAG FLEETS AND OFF-THE-SHELF TECHNOLOGIES
Science fiction depicts various types of space transportation.
By Bill Christensen
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LETTER FROM
HEADQUARTERS
A new NASA administrator.
By George Whitesides, NSS Executive Director - 18
OPINION
Risky Business
By Burt Rutan
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REVIEWS
Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science
Reviewed by John F. Kross
Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons
Reviewed by Robert Z. Pearlman - 44
COMMUNITY
Factoring the Future
By Gary Barnhard, Chairman of the Executive Committee - 45
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 48
SIGNING OFF
Two Who Dared: Woman Space Pioneers
By Laura S. Woodmansee
Ad Astra Volume 17 Number 2 – Summer 2005
- 14
RETURNING TO FLIGHT
Q and A with Shuttle Commander Eileen Collins and Steven Lindsey
By Tariq Malik - 16
MARS METHANE:
THE MYSTERY OF LIFE?
By Robert Roy Britt - 21
NASA AND THE STATE OF RISK
Introduction by Anthony Duignan-Cabrera - 22
DECONSTRUCTING JIMO
Today the nuclear-powered Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter is on the back burner with the flame turned low.
By Brian Berger - 28
THE MOTHER OF INVENTION
Problems of in-flight maintenance and repair.
By James Oberg - 30
A RENAISSANCE OF RISK-TAKING
Griping abut NASA’s missed opportunities is a favorite topic at conferences.
By James A. Muncy - 32
TAKING SERIOUS CHANCES:
RISKY MISSIONS NASA SHOULD DO
“If we die, we want people to accept it. We’re in a risky business…” Gus Grissom, March 1965
By Dave Brody - 34
NUCLEAR POWER:
NOW MORE THEN EVER, OR NEVER?
By Leonard David - 40
OF RAG-TAG FLEETS AND OFF-THE-SHELF TECHNOLOGIES
Science fiction depicts various types of space transportation.
By Bill Christensen
- 5
LETTER FROM
HEADQUARTERS
A new NASA administrator.
By George Whitesides, NSS Executive Director - 18
OPINION
Risky Business
By Burt Rutan
- 38
REVIEWS
Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science
Reviewed by John F. Kross
Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons
Reviewed by Robert Z. Pearlman - 44
COMMUNITY
Factoring the Future
By Gary Barnhard, Chairman of the Executive Committee - 45
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 48
SIGNING OFF
Two Who Dared: Woman Space Pioneers
By Laura S. Woodmansee
